GCU College of Education LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE - Lesson One 03/2014 Teacher Candidate: Grade Level: Date: Unit/Subject: Instructional Plan Title Tammy Cantrell 5th Grade August 26, 2017 Colons and Semicolons/Language Arts Colons Make Sense I. PLANNING Lesson summary and focus: Students will demonstrate and build on their current knowledge on how they will use colons to separate items in a series or a sentence. Classroom and student factors: There are 3 students who are EIP, 3 students who are SPED & ESOL, 4 students who are SPED only, 6 students who are ESOL only, and 1 student who is in the Gifted program. The English Language Learners have the assistance of an ELL teacher during reading/ELA class. The SPED students are also provided an …show more content…
a. Use punctuation to separate items in a series. Specific learning target(s) / objectives: When completing a Ticket Out the Door worksheet, students will be able to demonstrate understanding of colon usage or placement in sentences. Teaching notes: This lesson is at the beginning of a three-lesson unit at the 5th grade level building on background knowledge of colons and semicolons. Preview: Students will be brought to the floor to preview a drawing of a colon. Students will be asked open-ended questions to determine what they already know. I will read the rules for using colons from white paper which is placed on the board. Opening: Vocabulary words will be reviewed as a group while students are still sitting as a group in the floor. Students will watch a BrainPop movie to further their knowledge of colons. Learning and teaching activities: Group board work will be explored while using Elmo and the Smartboard. The teacher will read the colon rule then provide an example and then ask students for an …show more content…
Instructional Materials, Equipment and Technology: White paper Elmo Smartboard BrainPOP Ticket out the Door Worksheet Chromebook Computer Grouping: Students will sit during the opening part of the lesson for a class discussion on colons where they will have the opportunity to answer open-ended questions. Students will also sit as a group during BrainPOP and during the sentence examples on the Smartboard. II. INSTRUCTION A. Opening Prior knowledge connection: This lesson connects to previous lessons from a 4th grade standard of ELAGSE4L2 where students are required to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English punctuation. Anticipatory set: B. Learning and Teaching Activities (Teaching and Guided Practice): I Do Students Do Differentiation Teacher will ask students to sit in the front of the room as a group. Teacher will show a picture of a colon. Teacher will ask students “What they know about punctuation?” Teacher will ask students “What they know about using colons in writings?” Teacher will read rules for using colons from white paper placed on